ĭn-umbro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to cast a shadow upon, to shade (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. opaco).
I Lit.: terraque inumbratur, Lucr. 5, 289: toros obtentu frondis, Verg. A. 11, 66: forum velis, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24; Curt. 3, 4, 9; Quint. 12, 10, 60.—
B Transf.
1 To cause darkness : inumbrante vespera, Tac. H. 3, 19.—
2 To cover : ora coronis, Lucr. 3, 913: pubem pallio, Ap. Met. 10, 31, 5; ante genas quam flos juvenilis inumbret, Claud. Prob. et Olyb. 69.—
3 To mark the shadows upon , to mark out , lay out (anteclass.): solarium, Varr. L. L. 6, § 4 Müll. —
II Trop., to obscure : imperatoris adventu legatorum dignitas inumbratur, Plin. Pan. 19, 1: inumbrata quies, apparent , Dig. 41, 2, 18, § 1.